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Gary Geiger
Gary Merle Geiger

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 168 lb.

Debut April 15, 1958
  vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 10, 1970
Born April 4, 1937 in Sand Ridge, IL
Died April 24, 1996 in Murphysboro, IL

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 21 CLE AL  91  195   28   45   3  1   1    6   2  2  27  43  .231  .330  .272   69   53   2   2   0   3   1
 1959 22 BOS AL 120  335   45   82  10  4  11   48   9  3  21  55  .245  .289  .397   84  133   3   1   0   0   5
 1960 23 BOS AL  77  245   32   74  13  3   9   33   2  2  23  38  .302  .369  .490  128  120   2   0   0   3   7
 1961 24 BOS AL 140  499   82  116  21  6  18   64  16  4  87  91  .232  .349  .407  100  203   6   3   4   4   7
 1962 25 BOS AL 131  466   67  116  18  4  16   54  18 11  67  66  .249  .344  .408  100  190   5   3   3   2   5
 1963 26 BOS AL 121  399   67  105  13  5  16   44   9  4  36  63  .263  .327  .441  111  176   0   2   2   3   5
 1964 27 BOS AL   5   13    3    5   0  1   0    1   0  0   2   2  .385  .467  .538  174    7   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 28 BOS AL  24   45    5    9   3  0   1    2   3  0  13  10  .200  .379  .333  100   15   0   0   1   0   0
 1966 29 ATL NL  78  126   23   33   5  3   4   10   0  1  21  29  .262  .367  .444  122   56   1   2   1   1   1
 1967 30 ATL NL  69  117   17   19   1  1   1    5   1  1  20  35  .162  .285  .214   46   25   3   0   0   0   2
 1969 32 HOU NL  93  125   19   28   4  1   0   16   2  1  24  34  .224  .351  .272   79   34   5   1   2   1   1
 1970 33 HOU NL   5    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   37    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     954 2569  388  633  91 29  77  283  62 29 341 466  .246  .337  .394   98 1013  27  14  13  17  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        436   66  107  15  5  13   48  11  5  58  79  .246  .337  .394   98  172   5   2   2   3   6
 Career High    140  499   82  116  21  6  18   64  18 11  87  91  .302  .369  .490  128  203   6   3   4   4   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 21 CLE AL  229  157   20   3.4    97| .231  .260| .330  .329| .272  .396| .602  .725|  69  .395  -7.2  -0.7  50%
 1959 22 BOS AL  360  265   38   3.8   102| .245  .265| .289  .337| .397  .405| .686  .742|  84  .440  -9.7  -1.0  75%
 1960 23 BOS AL  273  182   43   6.4   104| .302  .267| .369  .341| .490  .408| .859  .749| 128  .654   9.2   0.9  50%
 1961 24 BOS AL  599  403   78   5.2   106| .232  .266| .349  .342| .407  .414| .756  .756| 100  .547   1.4   0.1  80%
 1962 25 BOS AL  543  374   69   5.0   105| .249  .266| .344  .339| .408  .415| .752  .754| 100  .538   0.1   0.0  62%
 1963 26 BOS AL  440  305   59   5.2    97| .263  .259| .327  .325| .441  .399| .768  .725| 111  .599   4.9   0.5  69%
 1964 27 BOS AL   15    8    4  13.5   100| .385  .261| .467  .331| .538  .406|1.005  .736| 174  .892   1.3   0.1   0%
 1965 28 BOS AL   58   36    7   5.2    97| .200  .257| .379  .328| .333  .394| .712  .723| 100  .617   0.8   0.1 100%
 1966 29 ATL NL  151   98   22   6.0    99| .262  .268| .367  .327| .444  .404| .811  .731| 122  .659   4.5   0.5   0%
 1967 30 ATL NL  140  104    8   2.1    90| .162  .257| .285  .319| .214  .377| .499  .696|  46  .235  -7.9  -0.8  50%
 1969 32 HOU NL  156  105   14   3.6    93| .224  .257| .351  .327| .272  .381| .623  .708|  79  .429  -2.2  -0.2  66%
 1970 33 HOU NL    4    3    0   0.0   100| .250  .262| .250  .334| .250  .400| .500  .735|  37  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2968 2040  362   4.8   101| .246  .264| .337  .334| .394  .405| .731  .739|  98  .537  -5.1  -0.5  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1958 21 CLE AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    2    2   0    1    2   0   1     9   0   0  9.00  3.69   41 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    2    2   0    1    2   0   1     9   0   0  9.00  3.69   41 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  136.0  136  136  136   0   68  136   0  68   612   0   0  9.00  3.69   41 1.500

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 21 CLE AL OF 53 133 3 2 2 .986 .982 2.57 1.94 3.10 2.27 40 395.0 CF 45 122 3 1 2 .992 .985 2.78 2.29 3.25 2.68 35 345.7 RF 7 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.14 1.69 1.56 1.98 5 46.3 3B 2 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 2.60 3.38 3.15 2 8.0 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 9.00 2.10 0 3.0 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1959 22 BOS AL OF 95 173 5 2 1 .989 .980 1.87 1.96 2.30 2.22 76 695.3 CF 61 128 4 2 1 .985 .983 2.16 2.44 2.51 2.72 58 474.0 LF 47 51 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.11 1.68 2.13 2.06 18 219.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1960 23 BOS AL OF 66 121 9 0 1 1.000 .982 1.97 1.95 2.12 2.25 63 553.0 RF 59 99 6 0 1 1.000 .974 1.78 1.68 1.94 1.95 57 488.0 CF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.86 2.30 2.13 2.67 6 55.0 LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.68 0.90 2.16 0 10.0 1961 24 BOS AL CF 137 314 12 4 1 .988 .982 2.38 2.24 2.55 2.59 130 1152.7 1962 25 BOS AL CF 129 288 8 4 1 .987 .986 2.29 2.18 2.47 2.57 120 1078.0 1963 26 BOS AL OF 95 234 11 4 1 .984 .981 2.58 1.91 2.77 2.16 89 796.7 CF 89 229 9 3 1 .988 .986 2.67 2.19 2.79 2.58 86 767.3 1B 6 12 2 1 1 .933 .993 2.33 8.58 7.73 9.50 1 16.3 RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.73 1.44 2.02 3 25.0 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 2.09 1.88 0 4.3 1964 27 BOS AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.80 2.00 2.03 3 27.0 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.35 1.89 3 20.0 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 3.86 2.44 0 7.0 1965 28 BOS AL OF 16 32 0 1 0 .970 .979 2.00 1.78 2.45 2.04 10 117.7 CF 11 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 2.64 2.03 2.73 2.40 9 95.7 LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.48 1.64 1.88 1 22.0 1966 29 ATL NL OF 49 49 5 1 1 .982 .975 1.10 1.78 1.75 2.03 24 277.3 CF 33 35 4 1 0 .975 .980 1.18 2.11 1.78 2.38 18 196.7 RF 14 11 1 0 1 1.000 .976 0.86 1.68 1.84 1.96 3 58.7 LF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.36 0.82 1.76 3 22.0 1967 30 ATL NL OF 38 47 2 1 0 .980 .976 1.29 1.81 1.83 2.03 23 241.3 CF 25 34 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.40 2.04 2.30 2.30 12 136.7 LF 7 11 1 1 0 .923 .968 1.71 1.50 1.78 1.75 7 60.7 RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.76 1.02 2.05 4 44.0 1969 32 HOU NL OF 65 57 3 2 0 .968 .972 0.92 1.75 1.79 2.02 25 301.3 LF 47 36 2 2 0 .950 .962 0.81 1.28 1.87 1.65 14 183.3 RF 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 1.59 1.24 1.87 11 102.0 CF 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.03 0.00 2.25 0 16.0 1970 33 HOU NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 26 BOS AL 1B 6 12 2 1 1 .933 .993 2.33 8.58 7.73 9.50 1 16.3 1958 21 CLE AL 3B 2 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 2.60 3.38 3.15 2 8.0 1958 21 CLE AL CF 45 122 3 1 2 .992 .985 2.78 2.29 3.25 2.68 35 345.7 1959 22 BOS AL CF 61 128 4 2 1 .985 .983 2.16 2.44 2.51 2.72 58 474.0 1960 23 BOS AL CF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.86 2.30 2.13 2.67 6 55.0 1961 24 BOS AL CF 137 314 12 4 1 .988 .982 2.38 2.24 2.55 2.59 130 1152.7 1962 25 BOS AL CF 129 288 8 4 1 .987 .986 2.29 2.18 2.47 2.57 120 1078.0 1963 26 BOS AL CF 89 229 9 3 1 .988 .986 2.67 2.19 2.79 2.58 86 767.3 1964 27 BOS AL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 3.86 2.44 0 7.0 1965 28 BOS AL CF 11 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 2.64 2.03 2.73 2.40 9 95.7 1966 29 ATL NL CF 33 35 4 1 0 .975 .980 1.18 2.11 1.78 2.38 18 196.7 1967 30 ATL NL CF 25 34 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.40 2.04 2.30 2.30 12 136.7 1969 32 HOU NL CF 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.03 0.00 2.25 0 16.0 1958 21 CLE AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 9.00 2.10 0 3.0 1959 22 BOS AL LF 47 51 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.11 1.68 2.13 2.06 18 219.3 1960 23 BOS AL LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.68 0.90 2.16 0 10.0 1963 26 BOS AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 2.09 1.88 0 4.3 1965 28 BOS AL LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.48 1.64 1.88 1 22.0 1966 29 ATL NL LF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.36 0.82 1.76 3 22.0 1967 30 ATL NL LF 7 11 1 1 0 .923 .968 1.71 1.50 1.78 1.75 7 60.7 1969 32 HOU NL LF 47 36 2 2 0 .950 .962 0.81 1.28 1.87 1.65 14 183.3 1970 33 HOU NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 5.0 1958 21 CLE AL OF 53 133 3 2 2 .986 .982 2.57 1.94 3.10 2.27 40 395.0 1959 22 BOS AL OF 95 173 5 2 1 .989 .980 1.87 1.96 2.30 2.22 76 695.3 1960 23 BOS AL OF 66 121 9 0 1 1.000 .982 1.97 1.95 2.12 2.25 63 553.0 1961 24 BOS AL OF 137 324 12 4 1 .988 .977 2.45 1.98 2.62 2.25 130 1152.7 1962 25 BOS AL OF 129 287 8 4 1 .987 .980 2.29 1.92 2.46 2.19 120 1078.0 1963 26 BOS AL OF 95 234 11 4 1 .984 .981 2.58 1.91 2.77 2.16 89 796.7 1964 27 BOS AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.80 2.00 2.03 3 27.0 1965 28 BOS AL OF 16 32 0 1 0 .970 .979 2.00 1.78 2.45 2.04 10 117.7 1966 29 ATL NL OF 49 49 5 1 1 .982 .975 1.10 1.78 1.75 2.03 24 277.3 1967 30 ATL NL OF 38 47 2 1 0 .980 .976 1.29 1.81 1.83 2.03 23 241.3 1969 32 HOU NL OF 65 57 3 2 0 .968 .972 0.92 1.75 1.79 2.02 25 301.3 1970 33 HOU NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 1.80 2.16 0 5.0 1958 21 CLE AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1958 21 CLE AL RF 7 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.14 1.69 1.56 1.98 5 46.3 1959 22 BOS AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1960 23 BOS AL RF 59 99 6 0 1 1.000 .974 1.78 1.68 1.94 1.95 57 488.0 1963 26 BOS AL RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.73 1.44 2.02 3 25.0 1964 27 BOS AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.35 1.89 3 20.0 1966 29 ATL NL RF 14 11 1 0 1 1.000 .976 0.86 1.68 1.84 1.96 3 58.7 1967 30 ATL NL RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.76 1.02 2.05 4 44.0 1969 32 HOU NL RF 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 1.59 1.24 1.87 11 102.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 749 1464 58 21 8 .986 .979 2.03 1.91 2.43 2.19 603 5640.3 121 544 109# CF* 544 1194 42 16 6 .987 .984 2.27 2.22 2.57 2.58 474 4324.7 LF* 121 109 4 3 0 .974 .972 0.93 1.49 1.92 1.86 43 529.7 RF* 109 142 9 1 2 .993 .975 1.39 1.67 1.73 1.95 86 786.0 1B* 6 12 2 1 1 .933 .993 2.33 8.58 7.73 9.50 1 16.3 3B* 2 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 2.60 3.38 3.15 2 8.0 P* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 758 1476 64 24 9 .985 .979 2.03 1.96 2.45 2.21 606 5667
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls
1961 AL-87-10

Stolen Bases
1959 AL-9-8
1961 AL-16-8
1962 AL-18-8

Caught Stealing
1962 AL-11-2

Power/Speed Number
1959 AL-9.9-9
1961 AL-16.9-5
1962 AL-16.9-3
1963 AL-11.5-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1957: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1957 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Vic Wertz to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Piersall.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

February 14, 1968: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 6, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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